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The Year in Review - 2012

MilitaryAvenue.com has a lot to offer the military family, from local military discounts, to stories of personal experience, and articles from reputable resources like the DoD, USAA, Community and Family Policy and so many more.

So what was important to our families this year? Here are the Top 10 Articles on MilitaryAvenue.com from the year 2012:

MilitaryAvenue's Moving Checklist:A move isn't complete without a checklist! It certainly is less stressful with
one. Click on a link below to take you to the appropriate time frame and then
skim the other lists to make sure you are on track for a great move.

Growing Up in the Military:A few years ago, a debate emerged on an Internet newsgroup for military brats
about what kind of flower military children of military parents were most like.
The consensus became the dandelion.

MSEP Jobs! Connecting Military Spouses to Employers: It’s finally here! An online portal that connects military spouses directly to
employers who want to recruit, hire, retain and promote military spouses into
current job openings at their facilities around the world.

Planning Ahead – 5 PCS Tips you can do now: Educate yourself and then Start Saving! Do you know about your PCS
Allowances and Entitlements? Find out what they are and what you need to do to
get the maximum reimbursement for your move. Dislocation Allowance, Move-In
Housing Allowance, Monetary Allowance in lieu of Transportation and much more! Service Members, Families, Get Free Pass to National Parks: Service members and their families will be able to enter all of America’s
national parks free of charge for a year under an initiative announced today.

5 Social Networking Tips for Military Members: Here's a scary war story: In 2007, when a fleet of new AH-64 Apaches arrived at
a base in Iraq, several soldiers snapped shots of the choppers. Those images
made their way online — along with the invisible meta data that gave away the
compound's precise location. Armed with that information, insurgents launched a
mortar attack that destroyed four of the helicopters.